"enhancer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: enhancers [plural]
Etymology: enhance + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|enhance|er|id2=agent noun}} enhance + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} enhancer (plural enhancers)
  1. Something that enhances.
    Sense id: en-enhancer-en-noun-yRDgELQ5
  2. (genetics) A short region of DNA that can increase transcription of genes Categories (topical): Genetics
    Sense id: en-enhancer-en-noun-1Og29xLY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 28 72 Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: enhancer RNA, flavor enhancer, memory enhancer

Inflected forms

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